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1. The famous novel '1984' was written by: — George Orwell
2. Who is famous for the discovery of the circulation of blood in the human body? — William Harvey
3. 'Frankenstein' was written by: — Mary Shelley
4. 'The Lord of the Rings' is a fantasy epic authored by: — J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Who is known for discovering the laws of inheritance, often referred to as the father of genetics? — Gregor Mendel
6. The novel 'Pride and Prejudice' was written by whom? — Jane Austen
7. The novel 'Wuthering Heights' was written by: — Emily Brontë
8. The play 'Hamlet' is a work by which renowned playwright? — William Shakespeare
9. Who is credited with the discovery of the planet Pluto? — Clyde Tombaugh
10. 'Moby Dick' is a classic novel authored by: — Herman Melville
11. The novel 'Jane Eyre' was written by: — Charlotte Brontë
12. Which of the following is the author of 'The Great Gatsby'? — F. Scott Fitzgerald
13. Who made significant contributions to the understanding of radioactivity and discovered polonium and radium? — Marie Curie
14. Who discovered the electron? — J.J. Thomson
15. 'War and Peace' is a monumental novel by which Russian author? — Leo Tolstoy
16. Who is known for the discovery of the law of universal gravitation? — Isaac Newton
17. Who is credited with the discovery of the laws of motion and universal gravitation? — Isaac Newton
18. Who is credited with the discovery of the planet Mars? — The planet Mars was known since antiquity and its discovery is not attributed to a single person.
19. The dystopian novel 'Brave New World' was authored by: — Aldous Huxley
20. The epic poem 'The Divine Comedy' was written by: — Dante Alighieri
21. Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection, co-authored with Alfred Russel Wallace? — Charles Darwin
22. The novel 'Les Misérables' was written by: — Victor Hugo
23. Who is known for his work on electromagnetism and the discovery of electromagnetic induction? — Michael Faraday
24. Who discovered the element oxygen and also played a role in the naming of the element? — Antoine Lavoisier
25. 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a classic American novel written by: — Mark Twain
26. Who is recognized for discovering the structure of the atom and proposing the Bohr model? — Niels Bohr
27. Who is known for the discovery of the neutron? — James Chadwick
28. Who discovered the structure of the atom's nucleus? — Ernest Rutherford
29. Who discovered the structure of the atom through the gold foil experiment? — Ernest Rutherford
30. Who is credited with the discovery of the heliocentric model of the solar system? — Nicolaus Copernicus
31. 'The Catcher in the Rye' was written by: — J.D. Salinger
32. 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a seminal work by which Colombian author? — Gabriel García Márquez
33. The novel 'Anna Karenina' is a masterpiece by which Russian author? — Leo Tolstoy
34. The novel 'Crime and Punishment' is a famous work by which Russian author? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
35. The novel 'Don Quixote' is attributed to which Spanish author? — Miguel de Cervantes
36. Which scientist is credited with the discovery of penicillin? — Alexander Fleming
37. Who is credited with the discovery of X-rays? — Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
38. Who developed the first practical electric battery (the voltaic pile)? — Alessandro Volta
39. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion? — Johannes Kepler
40. Who discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits? — Johannes Kepler
41. Who is credited with inventing the theory of relativity? — Albert Einstein
42. The epic poem 'The Aeneid' was written by which Roman poet? — Virgil
43. Who is credited with the discovery of the planet Uranus? — William Herschel
44. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' was written by: — Oscar Wilde
45. Who discovered the structure of DNA, the double helix? — James Watson and Francis Crick
46. 'The Tale of Genji', often considered the world's first novel, was written by: — Muraski Shikibu
47. 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' are epic poems attributed to which ancient Greek poet? — Homer
48. The novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was written by: — Harper Lee
49. Who is credited with the discovery of the planet Neptune? — John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier
50. 'The Canterbury Tales' is a famous work by which English poet? — Geoffrey Chaucer
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